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# Staff Software Engineer, Bazel & Go

- **Company:** The Ladders
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $229,000.0 - $241,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems, Performance Tuning, Software Engineering, Caching
- **Published:** August 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/p8u1lvczd0

## About the Role

* 10+ years of software development experience
 * Expertise with Bazel, including remote caching and performance tuning
 * Production experience with Go services and structuring large codebases
 * History of leading cross-team technical initiatives that improve developer velocity
 * Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS, and distributed systems
 * Strong technical leadership and mentoring skills

## Description

* Lead the technical direction for Bazel build system and remote build execution
 * Steer the development of Go frameworks and standard libraries across the company
 * Design initiatives to improve build times and CI reliability
 * Own and define developer experience metrics for the systems led
 * Collaborate with teams to implement changes with minimal disruption
 * Set performance and reliability standards for systems owned
 * Mentor and grow the Bazel and Go expertise within the engineering community


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